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Contact: Rita Osgood
Phone: (410) 822-4903
rosgood@pickeringcreek.org

Wye Town Farm in Easton, MD

EASTON—Pickering Creek Audubon Center's ninth annual "Spring into Summer" Dine and Dance, Sunset on the Wye, will be held on Saturday, June 17th from 5:30 p.m. to midnight. The evening will begin with dinners in local homes followed by desserts and dancing under the stars at Wye Town Farm, the home of Tim and Lisa Wyman. The Swingin' Swamis, an exciting band from Baltimore will keep the evening alive and guests kicking up their heels.

Mike Linardi and Carolyn Thornton, Chairs of this popular
event are excited to announce the 2006 Dinner Committee, local supporters who are hosting dinners in their home. This year's dinner hosts include Chip and Sally Akridge, Bill and Michelle Corace, Paolo and Leslie Frigerio, Richard and Susie Granville, Bill and Mary Griffin, Tony and Hope Harrington, Steve and Gigi Hershey, Anne Kimberly, Julian and Emily Larkin, Joe and Mary Lou Peters, David and Susan Pyles, Penny Proserpi, Peter Stifel with Bruce Summer, Charles and Carolyn Thornton, Dick and Margaret Welch and Tim and Lisa Wyman.

Along with Chairs Linardi and Thornton, the Dine and Dance Committee members include Pat Ingram, Catherine Liebl, Rita Osgood, Norma Redele, Bruce Summer, Margaret Welch and Lisa Wyman.

A tradition at Dine and Dance is the auction offering exciting items for bid. Auction and dinner proceeds benefit Pickering creek's award winning education programs and spectacular outdoor experiences for youth. This year's auction items include a full day or two half days of fly fishing with local guide Russ Wilkinson, a the only private children' overnight camping experience at Pickering Creek of the year, a weeks stay at Star of the Sea, an oceanfront condo in Rehoboth Beach, a gourmet dinner at Creek Bend Farm at the headwaters of Pickering Creek prepared by Norma Redele and Bruce Summer, a pheasant hunt a Pintail Point, an oil or watercolor portrait of a loved one (either a person or a pet) painted by renowned artist Laura Era, owner of Troika Gallery in Easton and a 50/50 raffle the evening of the event.

Pickering Creek Audubon Center is dedicated to community-based conservation of natural resources through environmental education and outreach on the Eastern Shore of the Chesapeake Bay. The center is a 400-acre working farm featuring a variety of habitats that represent many of the ecosystems of Delmarva, including mature hardwood forest, marsh, meadow, cropland and shoreline on a tidal creek.

For over twenty years, Pickering Creek Audubon Center has provided quality conservation education programs to students from eight Maryland counties. These programs connect students of all ages to the environment, science and the beauty of the Chesapeake Bay. Over 16,000 students visit each year to learn about their magnificent watershed, the Chesapeake Bay.

For more information on this year's Dine and Dance or to receive an invitation, contact Rita Osgood at rosgood@pickeringcreek.org or call 410-822-4903.

Audubon is celebrating its centennial year of protecting birds and other wildlife and the habitat that supports them. Our national network of community-based nature centers and chapters, scientific and educational programs, and advocacy on behalf of areas sustaining important bird populations, engage millions of people of all ages and backgrounds in positive conservation experiences.

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